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Adebaba1:
Exactly he sets your selling price

That makes sense why most of the 50" TVs are being sold for 334k. I noticed it and wondered why😂

Adebaba1:
He takes 10percent of the deal but after valuing your item at a low price

Na him go set your selling price nii or what do you mean by valuing my item at a low price.


Sorry, please

Adebaba1:
Yes I am the one that sent it to ojb declutter but we didn't agree on payment terms that is why I backed out of the deal
I have screen shots to back my claim

What's his terms like? I'm quite interested.

Thanks in advance

Also Efetobore1980 if my DS160 isn't sturdy, he wouldn't go about asking me questions upon questions. Most people don't cross 4 questions, even F1 visas.


I went almost 10 questions? My ds160 is sturdy. Saying I didn't convince the VO enough to give it to me, or that I didn't establish home ties, I agree.

giselle237:
Apologies.
Cousin’s graduation? No one would grant you a tourist visa of the United States in this current immigration climes of Donald Trump for this reason. Travel hx to Mozambique and other countries that don’t count would not even get you across the door.

I find this misleading, really.


People get Visas with 0 travel history, but travel history to a country in Southern Africa is pointless. Like Efe said, I didn't demonstrate enough home ties. It has absolutely nothing to do with going to Maputo, or going to Canada.


There was a woman ahead of me who has been to UK multiple times, got denied.

There was someone who has been to Canada, got denied.


Mozambique or Fiji Islands really isn't the issue. Why did you go there, is more of the issue.


These things are not that deep

Efetobore1980:
1. If this visa transcript is real, then the failure starts from here. When you are not the biological or adopted parent , or the authorized ward or direct sibling with convincing reason of attendance, there is no way any U.S. consular will issue the visa.


2. U.S. visa officers are conversant with Nigeria salary level/scales. I am not disputing your salary here, but the consular may dispute it based on your highest qualification as indicated in your ds-160. Therefore, your 1.3m NGN might be funny.



3. The visa officer was indirectly saying, " Why are you traveling all about unnecessarily? Okay, you were doing this in order to come and claim travel history points ?


4. Here, the visa officer is justified by your flimsy or unreasonable reasons. ? because you love African culture and nature......



5. Unfortunately for you, the visa officer is a master in spanish, and he or she was laughing at you because you failed the verbal test woefully. If you can speak spanish averagely (which is very related to portugués) and you went to Mozambique because they speak Portuguese, so you can not reply the visa officer with " Bom dia ", (Good morning in Portuguese ) ? So you dont know any Portuguese word at all, and you traveled to Mozambique for the love of the language perhaps more than once ?


6. When did the visa officer start asking this kind of question (the house you stay, 👆?

Anyways , you have zero ties to Nigeria.



7. They will share blue papers to those who are not qualified. U.S. visa is not a piece of cake. Besides, it seems you get it wrong on the DS-160. If they have attached your DS-160 to your passport, did you not see it inside your passport? The most important information to the visa officer the moment both of you meet is your DS-160 slip. Or they have stopped collecting ds160 confirmation slip. 👍

1, lol, people get Visas for seeing a mere friend, but it's going to see your cousin related by blood that's a failure because you're not the biological parent. Okay naa. Well done sir. 👍🏿

2, Well, you said you're not disputing my salary, and you don't know what my highest qualification is. That's fair enough.

3, I'll leave that unreplied too

4, no, he was just curious why I went to moz. If he was bothered, he'd have asked why I went to Turkey or SA. But people go there regularly, don't they? But how frequent do Nigerians go to Moz? That's the reason for the question. Sometimes, it's not that deep.


5, you didn't hear the VO speak, so, no, he's not a "master" speaker Spanish. I know what master of Spanish or Portuguese sound. Again, he asked a simple question, if I speak Portuguese, and I replied that I don't.

VO: Do you speak Portuguese?
Me: Good morning(again?), no I speak Spanish. But I have been learning it for years now and speak fluently and bla bla bla.


Really, like, really? He asked a direct question, I didn't stop at no. I replied him in the language in a full sentence, but yeah, it's not good enough. Because why would it be good enough?


6, I can't argue otherwise



7, Nope, they don't ask for DS160 again. I stated it earlier. We did multiple scanning and thumbprint. They must have put the DS160 on something that they scanned. It's just a simple, "can I have your passport", or, "pass me your passport".

Africankel:
Quite unfortunate you were denied. I think the VO was extremely generous with his time with you, as he wanted to issue you the visa, but you failed to convince him. Here's where in my opinion, the problem is.

1. You should have said your trip was two-fold; attend your cousin's graduation and use the opportunity to holiday in the US. Here's why:- The graduation is for one day, why would you need to stay in the US for two weeks? Moreso the person graduating is a COUSIN, not sibling, not child, not spouse.

2. Your travel history:- You have only listed Mozambique, so I'm guessing the other two are insignificant. Again, when they asked what you went to do there, your response was unimpressive. You should have simply told them you went on a holiday. As a lover of African culture and nature, you can enjoy these even in Nigeria. Saying you went on holiday would have been better.

3. The VO asking for the ownership status of your home was a strong indication they wanted to issue you the visa. They never ask this question. If you have landed properties, this was the perfect opportunity to let them know. "I live in a rented apartment, but I have properties in xyz".

Good luck next time.

Oh, I agree, he was extremely generous. Didn't ask most people more than 3 or 4 questions.


1, yeah, I could have. But as have been stated previously not to do too much unnecessary shalaye. How was I supposed to know he wouldn't ask me later on "what other plans do you have?" As I heard him in particular, ask some other applicants? He asked a question, I answered him. I didn't need to do shalaye for a question I genuinely expected him to ask onward.

2, the other 2, South Africa and Turkey are insignificant? Well, you said you guessed, that's fair. You said, "you can enjoy these in Nigeria too". I disagree, for example, can you get a safari experience in Nigeria? People travel outside for different reasons. And whatever it is you want to do outside, can be very well done in Nigeria by that measure. 🤷🏿‍♂️

3, yeah, I guessed my reply was weak room I later on thought I could have said I own a mortgage. But what's done, is done.


Thanks for your input

Didn't ask me or anyone else to see any documents, except for i20 for the F1 visas. Not even DS160s, I believe they have attached our ds160 to our passport, so the VO only ask for passport.

I guess this is why they keep reiterating that if your DS160 you hold doesn't tally with what's on your profile, your appointment won't hold. So, anyone that needs to change ds160 has to change before appointment by messaging support

Got denied this morning.
Lagos consulate, 7am


_{Probably only 1 person got approved before me} but who cares?


Transcript

VO: Good morning and why are you going to the US?
Me: Good morning, I'm going to my cousin's graduation at Uni of MD.
VO: Where does your cousin live?
Me: He lives in TX
VO: How long are you going to stay?
Me: 2 weeks
VO: What do you do for a living?
Me: I'm a senior data analyst at ...
VO: Have you been outside Nigeria before?
Me: Yes, I've been to Moz, ..., and
...
VO: And all these were in the last 5 years?
Me: Yes, Moz in 2022 ... and ... in 2023
VO: You said you visited Moz, why did you go there?
Me: I'm a lover of African culture and nature. Plus, they speak Portuguese which is closely related to Spanish, and I speak Spanish.
VO: Habla portugués?
Me: No, hablo español (we both laughed)
VO: How much do you earn?
Me: 1.3m, (he didn't hear, so I repeated it)
VO: Are you married?
Me: No, I'm engaged
VO: The house you stay, is it rented or you own it?
Me: It's a rented apartment
VO: Who do you live with?
Me: Oh, I live with my fiancée.


Then he really typed some stuffs for almost 2 minutes(no kidding), then he gave the blue paper with the generic statement that I can reapply again



Them just dey share blue paper anyhow 🤣 Didn't ask me or anyone else to see any documents, except for i20 for the F1 visas. Not even DS160s, I believe they have attached our ds160 to our passport, so the VO only ask for passport.


Until next time...

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Shofat4real:
The documents you will take to embassy must be in black and white.

Thank you.

Quick one, anyone.


Must the documents we're taking to embassy be in colored? Or it can be Black and White?

playboy99:
whatsaap/Call number on my signature.

Location: Lagos

Nothing on your siggy

Mastav:
When I filled my DS-160, I used Lagos as my preferred location, but the available date for Lagos is Feb 2026 but Abuja is July 2025, can I swap the interview location to Abuja?

Yes, you can.


But you need to fill ANOTHER DS160 with the same details as the first one. Pick abuja as your location.


Go for your interview with both Lagos and Abuja ds160. The VO will change it on their end, you can't change it. And if you don't go with the Abuja own, you can't have an interview at abuja

Picked July 2025, only 1 spot there. I'll still keep circling around if I see an earlier date, but it's incredibly harder now. Waited 3 weeks to pick July 2025


Lagos consulate

Adejuwon26:
I did pick Lagos while filling DS160 but due to the current situation that there is no appointment date in Lagos till February 2026, I was thinking I could switch to Abuja.

I intend to travel in April 😫😫

It's been said on this thread that you can. All you have to do is create another DS160 with the same details as the Lagos own. Choose Abuja there.

Then go to the embassy with both DS160. The VO would switch it for you

trollx:
How will you be able to get March appointment date? Because on the appointment calendar on the Avits portal, it's not showing March, it's only showing May. It doesn't show backward months.
Please how do you do it? Thanks.

Oh, by being jobless, literally.

Continue checking multiple times a day, different times too. They do release dates once in a while. But those dates are for fastest finger.

So, you have to be checking regularly to be able to nick it up, if you see it.

LaMujer:
Na to go find another 300k naa.


Event is in May.


I'll have to do another round of vigil and I'll probably get a March or April date.


Where fight go dey na if dem no kon give me the visa

Paid, and searching for a before May, date...

Gd0007:
2026 ah this one loud oh.

Na to go find another 300k naa.


Event is in May.


I'll have to do another round of vigil and I'll probably get a March or April date.


Where fight go dey na if dem no kon give me the visa

Blackfinegirl:
I almost did that, until I saw the 2026

Lucky you

I just used my last reschedule to reschedule my appointment from 31 Jan 2025, to 13 Jan 2026

E. B. Things 😂😂😂

dollarnaira:
Idle consumption is the power consumed without any load.

Got it, read on it now, thanks

dollarnaira:
Better do and live with 100ah LifePO4 than fake 220ah ( DOD 110ah) on a condition that it is truly 220ah. Spend wisely!

Understood, really sunk in. Thanks.


Obviously, I'm assuming, the 5kva batteries would cost lesser than the 3.5kva, right?

dollarnaira:
Idle consumption is a drawback

The fact that it hasn't been used for a long while? Will it get back to optimal capacity after usage for a while? Or it's gone?

Drgreatone:
The price difference btw tubular and lithium is getting closer esp if u patronize ppl here who couple such as Valto and isangjohnson. You also get longer cycles with lithium than tubular so dont be pennywise

Not that I don't know better, but you know that situation you are when you know what to do, but don't want to do it? Yeah, that's where I am.


Anyway, thanks. Even though no be wetin I wan hear, but it's the truth nonetheless. I really appreciate. I'd look into getting the lithium, because I also know it means not having to bother about batteries for the next 3-4 years

Drgreatone:
How much are they being offered for? That wud help advice you.

150k


My best friend's father is the one selling. It's not being used, and from what pictures I took yesterday on seeing it, I understood why it's going for such price

uctomide:
While still waiting for the bosses in the house input

The 5kva 24v will require 2 12v batteries
while the 3.5kva 48v will require 4 12v batteries
The above interpretation for the batteries is if you intend using flooded/Tabular batteries.

As a follower of this thread Lithium battery is a better option. And your budget will guide decision.

Oh yes, I know lithium or lifepo is the best battery bet I can use. But I also know I can't afford it right now. I would have to make do with the less expensive tubular ones

Good day everyone.


I have an offer to buy one of two inverters.

5kva, 24V
3.5kva, 48V


Both are used, and no batteries.

Which do you advise I buy? I don't have much load, nor do I intend to use any heavy load on it besides basic appliances vis a vis fan, phones, laptop and TV occasionally.


The 3.5kva is a Cruze sine wave, while the 5kva is a stabimatic PSW.

I'm just starting my entry into renewable energy, and although I've read a lot, I haven't practiced anything


I'm also very funds cautious, as the funds no dey ground. Kindly advise

GrandMufti:
Wipe or format?

You were right. I wiped instead of formatting. That's why it didn't work. I went back and while looking through, I saw it. Formatted and everything is fine.

Here is the explanation i was making

In picture 1, that's what I see
But in picture 2, I see system taking up 126gb, leaving a paltry 1.9gb for me.

Thanks

GrandMufti:
Try another recovery.


If possible too, try Xiaomi. eu rom

Much thanks...

Emmyreal4:
Yes

Stupid phone is back to booting MIUI 5.0 recovery

GrandMufti:
Unified

That makes sense then. Thanks. I have an ofox recovery here. Should I flash it from twrp?

GrandMufti:
Flash magisk.

Does your phone boot into Twrp? What version do you have?

You might need to try a recovery that supports decryption

Again, my phone is not juice. It's lime